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The pandemic has transformed our lives. Lockdowns have forced us to change how we socialize, how we shop, and how we work. But as the jab rate of the COVID-19 vaccine rises, parts of the world are opening up. But of all these new changes and habits, one thing stands out for me, and that is telemedicine. I.e., the ability to order and get medical care using technology. In our neighborhood, Rocket Health is a pioneer in that space and has made headway by allowing patients to consult a doctor and order pharmacy products from the comfort of their homes....

If there’s one thing you constantly have to do with your car other than driving it around is refueling. It can be tidious and expensive. And if you didn’t plan your finances well, you’ll find yourself running on empty. This is why fuel cards exist. However, funding these fuel cards has been a problem. I have one from Total and another from Shell. With Total Fuel card, you walk into a Total petrol station with cash, then top up your card with the cash and then pay for fuel using the card!...

He will always be remembered as the man who was responsible for the creation of some of the products that we have come to love and admire. Starting from the Apple 1 to the iphone. When I started out with my tech venture, I needed to learn as much as I could about the industry starting with the people who built it, from Bill Gates to Elon Musk, the man behind Space X, Tesla motors, Suncity and paypal....

Orange Uganda is reassuring their clients that they are still the number one Internet Service Provider(ISP) in Uganda amidst fears that things will not be as good after the Africell takeover. Many Orange Customers fear that internet in Kampala will become horrible if Orange Uganda closed shop. These fears are because Orange had established itself as the go-to choice in the Ugandan Internet sphere giving an unrivaled service since 2009....

If a picture is worth a thousands words, what about a video? You can call and hear the voice of a old-time friend, but if you can video call them, then it takes your connection to another level. Video calling is fast becoming very popular among internet users of late. It can be used just for chatting to catch up with your long lost friends and family members. Or for video conferencing among colleagues at work who are in different places....

Al Jezeera Kenya election 2013 Spotlight page It’s no doubt that technology has played a major key role during the runner up of Kenya’s elections as Daniel Mwesigwa, one of our editors writes . Today, Match 4th, our brothers and sisters in Kenya will be deciding their destiny using the power of the vote, but as they do, we took some time to scout out places that you can follow the 2013 Kenya elections online whether you live in Kenya or not....

YouTube Music is quite good with music recommendations. It personalizes your playlist based on your listening habit and music preferences. That’s one of the many features that makes YouTube Music stand out and high up there at the top with other popular music streaming platforms . In this post, we list 5 tips & tricks to help you get the best out of YouTube Music. 1. Search Songs by Lyrics The search feature lets you find songs by their lyrics....

While you might scarcely find an App or a project coded in Africa hitting the world stage, it doesn’t mean that African developers aren’t creating awesome [opensource] software projects. Now, there are a number of solid proprietary software such as such as ClinicMaster , an integrated health care management information system that allows hospitals and health centers to keep track of their patients, processes and medical supplies. Another one is Billable , a small Enterprise resource planning system for law firms that computerizes the entire workflow of a law firm....

#7. Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) With or without a degree, anyone can operate this machine to withdraw or deposit their money. They are spread across major towns across the country especially those by Stanbic bank. ATM will save you those long queues in the bank, and will come to your rescue in emergency situations or just-when-i-needed-it moments. ATMs have surely given us a lot of convenience and flexibility, but are limited in the number of transactions you can carry out....

R.I.P Billy Branks Kaye On Tuesday evening, 19 th February 2013, bad news jetted like wild fire after the Ugandan ICT fraternity had lost a very important member, Kaye Billy Branks – a techpreneur, coder, developer. Aggrey Muheebwa a budding techpreneur and computer programmer, a close friend to the deceased opened up to the TechPost on 9 critical lessons he learnt from Billy Branks. There is no substitute for hard work....

However smart your smartphone can be, you’ll still find yourself using a laptop. They are great productivity tools with software that will get you do your work perfectly well. But buying a laptop is no simple task even for the geeks. You’ve to leap through the technical jargon down to something that will actually work for you. So lets break it down. Laptop types This is where things get a little hairy....

Smartphones have become pretty boring these days; if it ain’t a big screen, then it’s a phone with a huge mega pixel camera. Or maybe octa core processors and ramped up RAM. At the end of the day, you are still interacting with a rectangular touch screen and icons. But what if you could view content in 3D, manipulate objects in a way that makes you feel you’re within the same physical environment as them?...

This year (2021), we saw the unveiling of a couple of premium, as well as entry-level smartphones by Infinix in Nigeria. But unlike brands like Samsung that holds regular events to unveil its devices, Infinix – for the most part – unveiled their devices in Nigeria via their social media pages. Among other devices, we saw the unveiling of the premium Infinix Zero X series this year, and late in the year, the unveiling of the NOTE 11 series....

Now that you have a Kindle device, it’s time to start loading it with books from your favourite author and book clubs. Purchasing books for your Kindle app and device isn’t as hard as it seems. In fact, it’s one of the easiest things to do online. Once this is sorted out, simply follow our guide on how to buy discounted and full-price Kindle books. Keep reading to find out how....

It’s now 5 years since the HTC Dream (also known as the T-Mobile G1 in the United States and parts of Europe) — the first android powered smartphone — was released in the market and just one year before the Android operating system was officially unveiled. This year, Google SVP and head of Android Sundar Pichai tweeted ( @sundarpichai ) that “We now have over 1 Billion Android activations and hope this guy in front of the building keeps that momentum going....

On March 22nd to 24th 2013, Angels Initiative in partnership with Unreasonable Institute which is based in Boulder will be launching Angels Unreasonable East Africa beginning with Kampala at Mara Foundation LaunchPad. According to Joachim Ewechu , Angels Unreasonable East Africa will be a 6 week business acceleration program that involves bringing together 25 prolific social entrepreneurs from across East Africa into one house where they are provided with the adequate knowledge, resources, tools and connections to grow their ventures through the pilot phase, roll out phase and on to the growth phase....

Word of an AR headset from Apple have been brewing up over the years and it seems it is going to come to fruition at towards the end of the year or early 2020. However, unlike information circulated in 2017, the headset is not going to be a standalone device. Instead, according to Ming-Chi Kuo – a proven Apple analyst, it is going to rely on your iPhone to do most of the heavy lifting which is why you won’t be able to use it with other smartphones besides an iPhone....

Driving with low tire pressure actually increases fuel consumption, and might damage your car’s drive axle and the tires themselves. It’s important to always drive with the right tire pressure recommended by your car’s manufacturer. On my Toyota RAV4, the ideal tire pressure for the front tires is 35 PSI and 40 PSI. Normally, you can visually inspect your tires and tell whether or not you need to add more air pressure....

Facebook Vice President for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Nicola Mendelsohn recently made a prediction about the future of the social media site while speaking at Fortune‘s Most Powerful Women International Summit in London. She said that in about five years, Facebook will probably be ‘all video’ based on the yearly decline in text posts contrasted with an increase in photo and video sharing on the site. In the future we will look back on her words and hail Nicola as a prophet if at all her prediction comes to pass....

Ignore the fights between the United States and Huawei for a minute, Huawei smartphones are still one of the best there is on the market. Their devices are well known for their top-notch camera, visually-appealing gradient aesthetics, and overall decent features. So if you consider quality over politics and would like to try out Huawei smartphones. Here are the best Huawei smartphones in Uganda (in 2020), their prices in Uganda in 2020....